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Impatient people are gonna kill me.

shortylickens

shortylickens

No Lifer
I got impatient mother fuckers on the left, running reds.
I got impatient mother fuckers on my ass, blaring the horn 1 second after the light turns green.


Which is safer? Getting rear ended or T boned?
I guess rear ended. Of course if someone is going full speed expecting me to just roll right thru, I could get both.
 
Rear ended, for insurance purposes at any rate.

Don't recommend it in bed 😛

Kidding a bit, wouldn't have a clue there and not gonna find out.
 
Impatiant people get on my nerves. When someone tailgates me I always make sure I'm driving exactly the limit. If I'm on a long enough stretch of road I'll even set it on cruise. When the line is dotted I speed up just a bit. Want to be an impatient asshole, well I'll be an asshole too. 😛 Should have left 5 minutes early if you're really in that much of a hurry to get to where you're going.
 
Red Squirrel said:
Impatiant people get on my nerves. When someone tailgates me I always make sure I'm driving exactly the limit. If I'm on a long enough stretch of road I'll even set it on cruise. When the line is dotted I speed up just a bit. Want to be an impatient asshole, well I'll be an asshole too. 😛 Should have left 5 minutes early if you're really in that much of a hurry to get to where you're going.
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I was doing a solid buck ten up an empty back road couple weeks back and some ass was tailgating me. Limit was only 80. If they try to pass on a solid line, I take off like a rocket. I hate it when people try pull that kind of agro shit on me, so I give it back and have a laugh. Bloody hoons. Worse are the people who tailgate you on a four lane road, in the right lane, when you're speeding. Why wouldn't you just go around?
 
I normally wait 10 seconds before honking at a green unless I can see they are on a cell or something then they get it immediately.
 
My impatience almost killed someone.


Havent joined a guild or anything in over six years. Finally jump on one this morning (RIFT), we schedule a noon raid. I'm on time, everybody else is half an hour late. We go to the PvP area, as soon as shit starts my mom calls me.

The neighbors need a healthy young man to change their battery.
5 fucking god damn years, none of our neighbors never need anything. They dont even borrow sugar.
Sure as shit right when I start my first raid in 6 years, they want help.

I swore for about 90 seconds, then went over to help.



PSA: Walmart batteries are shit. Yes they give you a 5 year warranty, but if the god damn thing dies six months then you really arent getting a good bargain. Their return lines are huge on saturdays and they never have enough people. Plus, to return anything toxic, like a battery, you need the fuckin manager to come over and approve it. Have you ever seen a fucking Walmart manager on saturday? That guy looks ready to murder anybody that steps within 6 feet of him.
Oh, and for gods sake, dont lose your receipt. You should keep it for anything expensive but especially batteries. ESPECIALLY if you bounce back and forth between Florida and Virginia and you may be returning it to a different store.

Also, if you drive a Ford Explorer, check your battery connections. They like to mix imperial and metric for some reason. Either that or the last mechanic to change his battery was a psychopath.


In fact, that makes me realize I need to do a thread on this in the Garage forum.
 
mmntech said:
I was doing a solid buck ten up an empty back road couple weeks back and some ass was tailgating me. Limit was only 80. If they try to pass on a solid line, I take off like a rocket. I hate it when people try pull that kind of agro shit on me, so I give it back and have a laugh. Bloody hoons. Worse are the people who tailgate you on a four lane road, in the right lane, when you're speeding. Why wouldn't you just go around?
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I really wouldn't do that on the back-roads... Makes it easier to run one party off the road and get rid of the body.
 
People who AREN'T impatient get on my nerves.

Life is short, so hurry the fuck up. Or at least get the fuck out of my way.
 
Red Squirrel said:
....When the line is dotted I speed up just a bit. Want to be an impatient asshole, well I'll be an asshole too.
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So you increase the odds that you might get the other driver into a serious accident. Also one of these days that asshole is going to be a real asshole and run you off the road or worse.

I always ask Jesus what would you do?

In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoreth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.
Psalm 15:4
 
Schadenfreude is a major aspect of driving psychology. if people can sense you are in a hurry to get somewhere, and you are driving behind them, they will try to slow you down.
 
Not sure what you are asking but basically its people enjoying seeing others struggle. It manifests itself in all facets of society.
 
So who's the asshole? The impatient person who is in a hurry or the passive aggressive person who feels the need to stay in the way?

Shit..that's deep.
 
Mixolydian said:
People who AREN'T impatient get on my nerves.

Life is short, so hurry the fuck up. Or at least get the fuck out of my way.
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I dont wanna die just because you're poorly raised.

The impatient people are running reds AND turning without looking. Thats a dangerous combination. If there was a guarantee you'd just kill yourselves, I wouldnt mind so much.
 
nickbits said:
I normally wait 10 seconds before honking at a green unless I can see they are on a cell or something then they get it immediately.
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^^^ this, if they are on their phone, my finger is on the horn button before the light changes.
 
Walmart batteries are fine, check the date code so you don't get an old one and buy a premium battery. Only two or three manufacturers of car batteries to the US market, go elsewhere and pay more for the same thing.

Don't just swap a battery, check the charging system and get some history on why it failed. While you are doing this put your high quality charger/tester on the battery, maybe its only mostly dead.

Leaving a raid, wow, what scum.
 
I think it's amazing how many people will lead foot to each red light. I literally chugged along next to this woman who would hammer it the instant the light turned green and get stopped at 5 red lights. I just gently went ahead and pulled right up next to her at each one thinking that perhaps she would realize something.

I think the issue is that people just get into the habit of being in a hurry when they really aren't and don't think twice about it.

ImpulsE69 said:
So who's the asshole? The impatient person who is in a hurry or the passive aggressive person who feels the need to stay in the way?

Shit..that's deep.
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Well if there is only one lane or you're in the right hand lane, there isn't much else you can do besides go off road for them. Fuck it, If I'm legal and they are not then I have right of way regardless. You never know, slowing someone down may just save some kid on a bikes life later down the road.
 
HeXen said:
I think it's amazing how many people will lead foot to each red light. I literally chugged along next to this woman who would hammer it the instant the light turned green and get stopped at 5 red lights. I just gently went ahead and pulled right up next to her at each one thinking that perhaps she would realize something.

I think the issue is that people just get into the habit of being in a hurry when they really aren't and don't think twice about it.
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Yep x 1000. I once was in front of a lady like this and the light turned green. Seeing another red light maybe 30 seconds in front of me, I casually accelerated. She gets on her horn and is all impatient. I throw my hands up and motion to her that the light she wants me to speed towards is still red. I dont speed up and its still red when we arrive. We had another 3 red lights to get through after that but I think she got the point after that one.
 
MtnMan said:
^^^ this, if they are on their phone, my finger is on the horn button before the light changes.
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Where I live, we don't have the luxury of waiting 10 seconds. Most of the lights aren't even green for that long and only a fraction of the cars waiting get through. I honk the instant it turns green if they don't take their foot off the brakes.

It really sucks to wait through three cycles to go through a light because some $%#&#$^ assholes want to wait three seconds to go and then they drive through as slowly as possible. I do the courteous thing and actually pay attention to the light and move through as quickly as I can to allow more throughput.
 
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